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Preface to the Series - Historical and Conceptual Perspective of the Autonomic Nervous System Book Series
Preface
Contributors
1 Sympathetic Innervation of the Immune System and its Role in Modulation of Immune Responses, Immune-Related Diseases Models, and Integrative Medicine 1
2 Interactions between the Adrenergic and Immune Systems 15
3 Enteric Neural Reflexes and Secretion 35
4 The Cholinergic Anti-Inflammatory Pathway 61
5 Developmental Regulation and Functional Integration by the Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide (VIP) Neuroimmune Mediator 75
6 An Emerging Role for Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide in Regulating Immune and Inflammatory Functions 95
7 Substance P and the Immune System 111
8 Nerve-Mast Cell Interactions - Partnership in Health and Disease 139
9 Submandibular Gland Factors and Neuroendocrine Regulation of Inflammation and Immunity 171
10 Mechanisms by which Lipid Derivatives and Proteinases Signal to Primary Sensory Neurons: Implications for Inflammation and Pain 197
11 Functional Consequences of Neuroimmune Interactions in the Intestinal Mucosa 215
12 Infectious Pathogens and the Neuroenteric System 251
13 Neuroimmune Interactions in the Lung 279
14 Neuroimmune Control of the Pulmonary Immune Response 295
15 Regulatory Aspects of Neuroimmunology in the Skin 319
16 Neuroimmune Connections and Regulation of Function in the Urinary Bladder 345
Index 371